Eating Less To Lose Weight: Correct or Wrong?

When I tried to promote to people about healthy way to lose weight, one of my subscriber replied to my email and she said..

i have lose 8 kg already just less eat as usual

My replied to her, how long can you afford eating less to lose weight? Can you afford to eat lesser and lesser for the rest of your lives just to maintain and keeping the weight off? Does she knows that initial stage of eating less to lose weight will work so effectively and that is the reason why she is losing 8kgs just by eating less to lose weight. Eating less to lose weight without eating a healthy diet, is not the right way to lose weight. This is because when a person started eating less and not eating a healthy diet, let’s say insufficient of protein intake. What the body will do is, it will steal protein from your muscles and organs. Then, when you are losing your weight, it could be losing the muscles mass.

Eating less to lose weight will work because it is a sudden cut on the amount of calories intake to the body. When a person takes lesser calories than the body needs, automatically the person will experience weight loss. Cutting down calories is the right way to lose weight, but cutting down the nutrients needed by the body is a huge No No.

What is your body telling you when your body is not getting the nutrients needed?

When your body is lack of the nutrition needed, you will notice few things like:

• Dry skin
• Easily crack nails
• Coarse hair
• Easily feeling tired
• Looking pale
• No energy

When your body is telling you something, this shows your body is telling you about your weight loss plan.

If your body starts  telling you something that means you are under go an unhealthy way of weight loss. Your body is lacking the nutrients needed. A lot of people are neglecting this and take it easy.  What is the point that you can lose weight, then you don’t look attractive? Out of the sudden you can lose weight, but you look so unattractive because you are easily feeling tired, looking pale as if a sick person and lack of energy? Is this called the success in losing weight? Do you dare to teach people to lose weight like you do even you have lost a lot of weight using your own weight loss plan which is showing that your body is lacking of the balance nutrition needed by your body?

Please: Don’t be the blind person who leads another blind person…

Eating Less To Lose Weight Is Correct, But You Need To Eat Right!

To eat right is actually quite simple. Know the reasons of your weight gain problem. Then, identify what and how you can do to lose the weight. Yes, eating less to lose weight.. but you need to eat the right food. The right food for the body. Many people does not know what is the right food for the body. Right food is the food that your body cells needs. Our body are made of trillions of cells. Cells need food too. Cells need food like vitamin, minerals and sufficient water. Feed them with these right food and you are on a way to Healthy Weight Loss Plan.

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Healthy weight loss is about losing weight in a healthy way by having the right diet. Eating less is not considered as eating healthy. Eating healthy must include balance nutrition into your daily diet.

Let me explain about Nutrition in a simple way to understand. Our human body needs a lot of things such as:

1. Protein – to help build and maintain lean muscle mass
2. Carbs – provide the body’s main source
   
3. Unsaturated fats – to achieve and maintain a healthy heart
4. Vitamin & Minerals - for growth and development
   
5. Omega 3 fatty acids – for healthy heart, brain, and heart function of eyes, skin, joints, hair and immune system
   
6. Fibre – to support the body’s natural elimination of waste and toxins
7. Water - for hydration
   
8. Exercise & Relaxation – for a healthy heart

If we don’t get the right amounts then we will be getting Imbalance Nutrition. Imbalance nutrition means we are getting nutrients but in the wrong proportions like the picture below:

Imbalance Nutrition means excess of sugar, salt, fats, preservatives and food coloring. We have to admit that in our modern diet is lacking in nutrition and our health suffers. That is because of the deficiency in vitamins, minerals, fiber, protein, amino acids, phytonutrients and antioxidant.

“WHO: The global epidemic of overweight and obesity is rapidly becoming a major public health problem…The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity is associated with many diet-related chronic diseases including diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension and certain cancers”

You might be thinking what should be the right food to eat and what kind of nutrition to take. No worries, here are some tips on how to choose a core nutrition for your daily needs and what will be the cause of lacking or excess for each of it:

• Calories which is lower than any food – If you have too much or excess calories this will cause weight problems.
• Nutrients needed  – Deficiency in vitamins, calcium, protein will cause nail and hair problems. Lack of vitamins of fatty oils will cause dry skin.
• Protein – Lack of protein can cause loss of muscle mass, decrease immunity as well as weakening of heart and respiratory system.

And I’m pretty sure there are a lot of “??” in your head, yeah? Pretty challenging on the nutrition part The truth is, we can only get balance nutrition from nutritional health food products, which in another terms we called it the food supplement. And how to choose the right kind of nutritional health food? Here are some guidelines:

• Get enough protein
• Avoid excessive calories
• Food that can make you feel fuller and longer
• Avoid excessive unhealthy fats which can cause cholesterol and body fat
• Achieve your vitamin and mineral based on recommended dietary allowances

If you do understand about the importance of nutrition, you will realize how easy it is to manage and to be in control of your weight. Remember to eat right to lose weight and trust me, nutrition will make you feel energized because nutrition are food for your body cells.

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